
verb play in or as if in water, as of small children.

verb dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid.verb bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water.verb intransitive To participate or have an interest in, but not so seriously.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.verb transitive To partially wet (something) by splashing or dipping connotes playfulness.transitive verb To wet by little dips or strokes to spatter to sprinkle to moisten to wet.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.intransitive verb To work in slight or superficial manner to do in a small way to tamper to meddle.intransitive verb To play in water, as with the hands to paddle or splash in mud or water.To do anything in a slight or superficial manner touch or try here and there dip into anything: with in: as, to dabble in railway shares to dabble in literature.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.To play in water, as with the hands splash or play, as in water.To dip a little and often hence, to wet moisten spatter sprinkle.intransitive verb To feed by moving the bill back and forth just below the surface or on the bottom in shallow water.intransitive verb To undertake something superficially or without serious intent.intransitive verb To splash liquid gently and playfully.intransitive verb To splash or spatter with or as if with a liquid.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
